Four in court after seizure of 50,000 contraband cigarettes
Four people have appeared in court after customs officers at Dublin airport seized more than 50,000 contraband cigarettes.
A Polish woman and three Polish men who arrived on a flight from London yesterday, were arrested after the cigarettes were found in their luggage.
The cigarettes are understood to be worth more than €22,000.They appeared before Dublin District Court this morning and were remanded in custody for a week.
The cigarette seizure represented a potential loss to the Exchequer of more than 20,000 euro.
